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LENSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
Synonyms:
lens; lens system; lense
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lense" is a kind of...):
optical device (a device for producing or controlling light)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lense"):
object glass; object lens; objective; objective lens (the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed)
eyeglass; monocle (lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles)
meniscus ((optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other)
intraocular lens (an artificial lens that is implanted into the eye of someone to replace a damaged natural lens or someone who has had a cataract removed)
Fresnel lens (lens composed of a number of small lenses arranged to make a lightweight lens of large diameter and short focal length)
field lens (the lens that is farthest from the eye in an optical device with more than one lens)
eyepiece; ocular (combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments)
concave lens; diverging lens (a lens such that a parallel beam of light passing through it is caused to diverge or spread out)
crown lens (a lens made of optical crown glass)
converging lens; convex lens (lens such that a beam of light passing through it is brought to a point or focus)
contact; contact lens (a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication)
condenser; optical condenser (lens used to concentrate light on an object)
compound lens (a lens system consisting of two or more lenses on the same axis)
camera lens; optical lens (a lens that focuses the image in a camera)
anastigmatic lens (a lens designed to correct astigmatism)
anastigmat (compound lens or lens system designed to be free of astigmatism and able to form approximately point images)
Holonyms ("lense" is a part of...):
optical instrument (an instrument designed to aid vision)
Context examples:
It's also more likely if you wear contact lenses.
(Eye Injuries, NIH)
This includes glasses, contact lenses, and intraocular implanted lenses.
(Corrective Lens, NCI Thesaurus)
New glasses, brighter lighting, anti-glare sunglasses or magnifying lenses can help at first.
(Cataract, NIH: National Eye Institute)
The cause of microcytic edema is related to the physical presence of contact lenses and possibly a mechanical effect of lens wear.
(Microcystic Corneal Edema, NCI Thesaurus)
Discrete, small lesions present in the cornea as a result of corneal inflammation and, in some cases, after soft contact lens wear especially extended-wear lenses.
(Corneal Infiltration, NCI Thesaurus)
Very small, round vesicles containing fluid and cellular debris observed on the surface of the cornea under slit-lamp examination in some types of corneal dystrophy and in wearers of extended-wear lenses.
(Epithelial Microcyst, NCI Thesaurus)
For many people, laser eye surgery can correct their vision so they no longer need glasses or contact lenses.
(Laser Eye Surgery, NIH)
The miniaturizing technology, called implosion fabrication, could be applied to anything from developing smaller microscope and cell phone lenses to creating tiny robots that improve everyday life.
(Researchers Use Laser to Shrink Objects to Nanoscale, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Ocular pain which may be very intense, accompanied by corneal epithelium damage, conjunctival injection, lacrimation, blepharospasm, photophobia and hazy vision following corneal edema caused by overwear of contact lenses, principally the PMMA type.
(Contact Lens Overwear Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
